Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to research and define the promising worldwide scientific trends in the field of railway transportation of various dangerous goods. To obtain relevant empirical data, the authors reviewed the world literature on paper topic using Scopus and Web of Science citation bases. We determined that this research was focused on several major thematic areas: 1) automation and telematics systems; 2) navigation systems; 3) logistics; 4) energy; 5) locomotives; 6) freight cars; 7) materials; 8) rails; 9) impact on the environment and people. The article used mapping, ensuring a visual perspective for researchers and helping to understand general situations in specific subject areas of the research. This study provides useful information concerning the development of the field of research for the railway transportation of dangerous goods, identifying those academics (authors, countries and institutions) that have made the greatest contribution to its development and defining the priority research directions
Highlights
The topic of dangerous goods refers primarily to the transport of the respective goods including the interim storage, if caused by the transport.Transportation of dangerous goods (TDG) include the activities related to the movement of dangerous goods from their place of manufacture or storage to their destination with the preparation of cargo, packaging, vehicles and crew, reception of goods, carrying out cargo operations and short-term storage of goods at all stages of their transfer [1].Dangerous goods (DG) are items or substances that when transported are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment [2]
We evaluated the flow of publications of the global research environment in the field of transportation of dangerous goods by a particular mode of transport – rail
We used a combination of bibliometric tools, scientometric analysis and new visualization methods
Summary
The topic of dangerous goods refers primarily to the transport of the respective goods including the interim storage, if caused by the transport. Dangerous goods (DG) are items or substances that when transported are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment [2]. There are the following types of hazard connected with dangerous goods: flammability, explosion hazard, harmfulness, toxicity, infectious hazard, corrosion, oxidative properties of goods, radioactivity [1, p. A large number of hazardous substances are transported by rail, which increases the risk of incidents during transportation. The statistics of rail transportation in the USA (2015 - Aug. 2018) shows an increase in the volume of traffic, including of DG: oil and oil products – by 12,780 carloads, or by 28.8%; chemistry – by 11,911 carloads, or by
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